Now, a researcher in Portugal has put forth an interesting explanation: cheek piercings. John C. Willman of the Laboratory of Prehistory (CIAS) at the University of Coimbra has suggested that ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may ...

After investigating the teeth of Ice Age Europeans more closely, an archaeologist has determined that these ancient people ...

Now, after investigating the teeth more closely, one archaeologist has come up with a possible explanation: cheek piercings. John Willman, a biological anthropologist at Portugal’s University of ...

But one researcher thinks he's solved the mystery: Ice age people as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings. These piercings likely signaled a person's membership in a group, according to ...

You can get a piercing on the inside of your mouth (intraoral) or the type that you can see outside of your mouth (perioral). Some types of oral piercings are: It's a way to express your style ...

Add another health risk to the list of reasons people should steer clear of tongue, lip or cheek piercing. Researchers say they now have a documented case of substantial gum recession occurring around ...

These piercings likely signaled a person's membership in a group, according to John Willman, a biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, but they also caused teeth to ...